Explanation for Everything

Feature

2023

Gábor Reisz

SYNOPSIS

It's summer in Budapest, high school student Abel is struggling to focus on his final exams, whilst coming to the realisation that he is hopelessly in love with his best friend Janka. The studious Janka has her own unrequited love with married history teacher Jakab - who had a previous confrontation with Abel’s conservative father. The tensions of a polarised society come unexpectedly to the surface when Abel’s history graduation exam turns into a national scandal.

CAST

Ábel: Gáspár Adonyi-Walsh
György: István Znamenák
Jakab: András Rusznák
Erika: Rebeka Hatházi
Dorka: Eliza Sodró
Janka: Lilla Kizlinger
Judit: Krisztina Urbanovits

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CREW

Producer: Júlia Berkes
Co-Producer: Mátyás Prikler
Executive Producers: Viktória Petrányi, Kornél Mundruczó, Eszter Gyárfás, Judit Sós
Director / Writer: Gábor Reisz
Co-Writer: Éva Schulze
Cinematographer: Kristóf Becsey
Editor: Vanda Gorácz ,Gábor Reisz
Production Designer: Zsófi Tasnádi
Costume Designer: Rebeka Hatházi
Original Score: András Kálmán, Gábor Reisz

AWARDS

Venice Film Festival- Orizzonti competition- Best Film
Chicago International Film Festival- competition- Best Film, Best Script
European Film Awards nominee
Busan IFF- World Cinema section
Viennale- Vienna Film Festival- Opening Film
Tertio Millenio Film Festival- Young Jury Award
Belgrade Auteur Film Festival - Competition
Festival International Du Film de Marrakech-Special Screening
Les Arcs Film Festival- Competition- Cineuropa Award, Best Actor Award
Online Film Critics Association: Best Non-US Release
MÚOSZ Hungarian Film Critics Prize- Best Script, Best Supporting Actress
Kosmorama – Trondheim IFF- New Directors Competition- Best Film
Febiofest- Bratislava- Best Film + Special Regional Prize
International Film Festival in Uruguay - Best Director Prize
Subversive Film Festival (Croatia)- Special Mention
FilmFest München- Best International Film Prize
ARRI/Osram Award
New Horizons Film Festival – Grand Prix
Jerusalem Film Festival
Guanajuato International Film Festival
New Zealand International Film Festival
Dunav Film Festival Serbia- Grand Prix
Prize of the Hungarian Arthouse Cinemas for Best Feature Film
Hungarian Film Week- Best Feature Film